of musical arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the master of music degree from Yale University, studying oboe with Ronald Roseman. She has been featured in concerts throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico, Greece, Italy, Austria, England, and the Netherlands. In addition to her performing, she creates scholarly editions of baroque music for Musica Rara, Breitkopf & Härtel, and Doblinger. John Koehler is a graduate student in the Political Science Department at Auburn University. He is working on his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Public Administration. His research interests include the American Presidency and executive branch organization. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Florida State University and undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Philosophy from Florida Atlantic University. David LaBand is a professor and chair in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech University. He earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and served as a professor and director of Graduate Programs for the economics department at Auburn University. Previously, he chaired the Economics Department at Salisbury State University, Maryland. The author
of five books and editor of four collections, Laband has published more than 130 articles in prestigious journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economies, and the Journal of Human Resources. Judd M. Langham teaches in the Auburn University College of Architecture, Design, and Construction Master of Landscape Architecture Program as an adjunct faculty member. He is the principal designer of 2D Studio LLC, based in Birmingham, which he founded after extensive experience in Philadelphia, New York, Michigan, and Maryland. Charlene LeBleu is an associate professor in the landscape architecture program at Auburn University. Her primary areas of interest and research are green building and water quality issues, especially issues related to low impact development design. She is the vice president of the Alabama Chapter of the American Planning Association, a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). She has a bachelor’s degree in Forest Resources and Conservation from the
University of Florida and master’s degrees in both Community Planning and Landscape Architecture from Auburn University. Ming-Kuo Lee obtained his undergraduate degree in Geology at National Taiwan University, and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Geology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He currently holds the Robert B. Cook Professorship in the Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University. Qiqi Liang is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Auburn University. She holds a 279 B.S. in Environmental Science from Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) and is currently carrying out research projects on contaminated site remediation and developing innovative nanomaterial and nanotechnologies for groundwater and soil remediation. She recently began working in CH2M Hill as an environmental engineer at Environmental Services Business Group. Graeme Lockaby is a professor and associate dean in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University, where he also directs the Center for Forest Sustainability.